Logo Update

I am redesigning my look on my the many websites that I am on including my Etsy (www.etsy.com/shop/durribie). Here is my new logo:

Next, I will be working on a banner for my blog! This place will look sweet when I am done with it!

E3 Fun!

E3 was fun! I got to play all kinds of new games coming out. Here are some photos of my trip.

Very beautiful art from the Banner Saga.

So many people!

RAWR!

This thing was so beastly!

It is hard to see, but someone had a flying camera above us flying around while we waited to get a sneak peak of The Witcher 3.

I played a little of the Hyrule Warriors game and it was fun! I would like to get it in the future. 

This thing was so BIG! It was hard to get a picture of it and show it's scale. It was as big as a Macy's Parade balloon!

This was a fun game! It was like a kid version of Team Fortress 2. 

Watercolor Tests

I have done a couple of watercolor pieces and they curl up because of the water. I don't like that, so I looked around for solutions to fix this curling annoyance. The more popular choice was to stretch the canvas. To do this you must first soak the watercolor paper for about 15 minutes. Then you let all the excess water drip off and tape it to a board. You then have to let it dry for 24 hours. This method consists of time and preparation. 

I have decided that I am lazy.

The other option is to create watercolor pieces on watercolor blocks. On watercolor blocks the canvases are already stretched. That sounds like a better way to go. However, I have all this loose paper that I need to use. I don't want to be wasteful. So I am going to try to tape it on a board before I paint on it. Here is the WIP pictures of this week's art piece with my tape test.

In the last image, the painting is off the board and it has very little curling. I like this method better and I recommend it to impatient people like me who just want to jump into a painting without much prep work. 

Finished Butterfly

Here is the finished version of the butterfly!

I need to bring it to a print shop so that I can get it scanned. The above is just a picture I took with my phone. I have other large pieces I cannot just scan because they are too big. I could take pictures of my artwork, but I feel like I will not get a good high resolution from the phone.

By the way, I am going to E3 this year! If I get some good ones, I will be posting up some pictures. I really hope there is some kind of announcement for the new Zelda game. I also hope to see Star Wars Battlefront! I really liked that game series and I want to see it return.